Meaning

8 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.

    Zusicherung, Versicherung, Zusage

    завере́ниеzaverénije, увере́ниеuverénije

    запе́вненняzapévnennja

    a statement intended to inspire confidence

  2. (countable, uncountable)The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty; guarantee.

    Gewissheit, Zuversicht, Zuversichtlichkeit

    впе́вненістьvpévnenistʹ, самовпе́вненістьsamovpévnenistʹ

  3. (countable, uncountable)Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity, courage, or self-confidence.

    Zuversicht, Mut, Selbstsicherheit

    впе́вненістьvpévnenistʹ

  4. (countable, uncountable)Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity

    His assurance is intolerable.

    Vermessenheit, Selbstsicherheit, Verwegenheit

    самовпе́вненістьsamovpévnenistʹ

  5. (countable, uncountable)Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.

    Lebensversicherungsvertrag, Versicherung, Lebensversicherung

    гара́нтіяharántija

  6. (countable, uncountable)Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.

    Übertragungsurkunde, Grundstückskaufvertrag

  7. (countable, uncountable)Subjective certainty of one's salvation.

  8. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Betrothal; affiance.

Examples

22 sentences
  1. I've been given assurances.

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  2. There are no assurances.

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  3. Tom could offer no assurances.

    deTom konnte keine Zusicherungen geben.

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  4. I can give you assurances.

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  5. Investors want assurances.

    Інвестори бажають гарантій.

    ruИнвесторам нужны гарантии.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
the act of assuring:
the state of being assured:
insurance:
Русский
By meaning 1
the act of assuring:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
the act of assuring:
the state of being assured:
firmness of mind:
excess of boldness:
insurance:
any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property:

Origin

From Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from asseürer; as if assure +

From Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from asseürer; as if assure + -ance.

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Forms

plural: assurances
Singularassurance
Pluralassurances

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

14 related words

See also

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